After Maharashtra cabinet minister expansion in 2014, again on 8th July 2016, again Maharashtra cabinet was reshuffled and expanded .

Following are the details on Cabinet Minister expansions 2016.

Nearly 21 months after Devendra Fadnavis too the charge of Maharashtra, today there is going to be a cabinet expansion, bringing 9-10 new faces.

The Fadnavis govt has 19 Cabinet ministers and 10 Ministers of State. Fadnavis will induct 6 BJP ministers and 2 ministers from allies. No one is expected to be dropped only, reshuffle of portfolios will take place after Eknath Khadse, quit.

Six likely new ministers from the BJP are Pandurang Fundkar ( MLC who hails f rom Buldhana), Sambhaji Nilangekar-Patil (Latur MLA), Jaykumar Rawal ( Dhule), Subhash Deshmukh (Solapur), Madan Yerawar (Yavatmal), and Ravindra Chavan (Dombivli). They are a mix from different regions including North Maharashtra, Vidarb ha, Marathwada. All six visited the CM’s official residence Varsha late on Thursday night for a meeting.

Sena, will get two new ministers of state in this expansion – Jalgaon legislator Gulabrao Patil and Jalna legislator, Arjun Khotkar but will have to make do without an additional cabinet berth.

List of new 2016 Council of ministers of Maharashtra Government along with their Portfolios: